Ucrainica at Harvard
The Ukrainian Research Institute's 25th-Anniversary Exhibition at Houghton Library, Harvard University
The Ukrainian Research Institute's 25th-Anniversary Exhibition at Houghton Library, Harvard University
9. Ivan Mazepa Koledyns'kyi (1639-1709)
"Universal of 1691"
A confirmatory charter to the possession and usufruct of a water-mill for a distinguished member of the Host, Gregory Karpovich, situated on the Oster River, tributary of the Desna. The universal is written in the contemporary literary Ukrainian language of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and carries the Hetman's seal and signature dated in Baturyn, 14 October 1691.
Gift of Curt H. Reisinger, purchased from Israel Perlstein, 1952.